Nordisk Film#Nordisk Film Distribution
{{short description|Danish entertainment company}}
{{about|the Danish entertainment company|the secretariat to the Nordic Council|Nordisk Film & TV Fond}}
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{{Infobox company
| name = Nordisk Film A/S
| logo = File:Nordisk_Films_2020_logo.png
| logo_caption = Nordisk Film's current logo since September 2020
| former_name = Ole Olsen Filmfabrik
| type = Subsidiary
| foundation = {{start date and age|1906|11|6|df=y}}
| founder = Ole Olsen
| location_city = Valby, Copenhagen
| location_country = Denmark
| key_people = Allan Mathson Hansen
(CEO)
| industry = Entertainment
| products = Motion pictures, television programs, cinemas, event tickets
| revenue = {{Increase}} 559 million{{€|link=yes}} (2018){{cite web |url = https://www.nordiskfilm.com/about |title = About |publisher = Nordisk Film |access-date = 29 September 2018 }}
| operating_income = {{Decrease}} {{€|28 million|link=yes}} (2018)
| parent = Egmont Group (1992–present)
| subsid = Avalanche Studios Group
Globalgate Entertainment{{cite news |first=David |last=Lieberman |newspaper=Deadine |date=May 2, 2016 |url=https://deadline.com/2016/05/lionsgate-partnership-globalgate-entertainment-local-market-films-1201747841/ |title=Lionsgate Partners With Execs At Film Initiative Targeting Global Local Markets }}
Supermassive Games
MercurySteam (40%){{cite web | url=https://www.mercurysteam.com/blog/nordisk-games-acquires-40-ownership-mercurysteam/ | title=Nordisk Games acquires 40% ownership of MercurySteam | date=22 December 2020 }}
| homepage = {{URL|nordiskfilm.com}}
}}
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Image:Nordisk films compagni logo.jpg
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Nordisk Film A/S{{Cite web|url=https://www.bloomberg.com/research/stocks/private/snapshot.asp?privcapid=22784972|title=Nordisk Film A/S: Private Company Information|website=bloomberg.com|access-date=2018-06-11}} ({{literal translation|Nordic Film}}) is a Danish entertainment company involved in film production and distribution and a subsidiary of Egmont Group. The multimedia entertainment company is also involved in television production, cinemas, computer games and advertising.
The film studio was established in 1906 in Valby, Copenhagen, by filmmaker Ole Olsen.{{cite book|last1=Arnedal|first1=Poul|title=Nordisk Film - en del af Danmark i 100 år|date=2006|publisher=Aschehoug Dansk Forlag A/S and Nordisk Film A/S|isbn=87-11-30008-6|edition=1}} It is the fourth-oldest film studio in the world behind Gaumont, Pathé, and Titanus, and the oldest studio to be continuously active.{{cite book|last=Bergan|first=Ronald|title=The Film Guide: A Complete Guide to the World of Cinema|date=September 2011|publisher=DK Publishing|isbn=9780756691882|page=145}}{{cite web|url=http://www.copenhagenet.dk/CPH-History.htm|title=Brief History about Copenhagen|publisher=Copenhagen Portal|access-date=18 November 2009}} The logo consists of a polar bear standing on the globe, and currently distributes films from various companies including Lionsgate, Summit Entertainment and FilmNation Entertainment among others.
History
Olsen started his company in the Copenhagen suburb of Valby under the name "Ole Olsen's Film Factory," but soon changed it to the Nordisk Films Kompagnie.{{cite web | url=https://www.dfi.dk/en/viden-om-film/filmdatabasen/person/ole-olsen | title=Ole Olsen | website=dfi.dk | publisher=Danish Film Institute | date=2024 | access-date=3 August 2024}}
In 1908, Olsen opened an affiliate branch in New York, the Great Northern Film Company, to handle the distribution of his films to the American market. In 1909, having been excluded from the MPPC cartel in the United States, which Olsen had hoped to join, Nordisk participated in the Paris Film Congress in a failed attempt by major European producers to form a similar monopoly.Thorsen, Isak. Nordisk Films Kompagni 1906–1924, The Rise and Fall of the Polar Bear. Indiana University Press, 2017. pp. 71–73. It became a publicly traded company in 1911 as Nordisk Film.{{cite web|title=The History of Nordisk Film|url=http://www.nordiskfilm.com/int/About-us/History/The-history-of-Nordisk-Film-/|website=www.nordiskfilm.com|access-date=27 October 2016|archive-date=12 June 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180612163359/https://www.nordiskfilm.com/int/About-us/History/The-history-of-Nordisk-Film-/|url-status=dead}} During the 1910s, the company created popular silent films with movie stars such as Valdemar Psilander and Clara Pontoppidan.
When Germany invaded Denmark during World War II, the company was locked out of the nationalized German film industry and lost large amounts of revenue.
In 1992, it merged with the Egmont media group, operating as electronic media production and distribution group. The total revenues in 2018 amounted to approximately €559 million.{{cite web|title=About|url=https://www.nordiskfilm.com/about|website=www.nordiskfilm.com|access-date=4 February 2020}}
Nordisk Film is one of the oldest movie production company still in operation in the world. Nordisk Film is the largest producer and distributor of electronic entertainment in the Nordic region.
Operations
The company produces and co-produces national and international feature films in Denmark, Norway and Sweden, which are distributed to cinemas around the Nordic countries, including Nordisk Film Cinemas in Denmark, Norway and Sweden.{{cite web|title=Nordisk Film Cinemas|url=https://www.nordiskfilm.com/nordisk-film-cinemas|website=www.nordiskfilm.com|access-date=5 February 2020}} The films are also distributed internationally for viewing in cinemas, on video and on television.{{cite web|title=Nordisk Film Distribution |url=https://www.nordiskfilm.com/business-areas-0/nordisk-film-distribution|website=www.nordiskfilm.com|access-date=5 February 2020}}
Furthermore, Nordisk Film produces games through a number of game studios invested in by Nordisk Film Games, distributes PlayStation in the Nordic and Baltic countries and develops global digital gifting solutions through GoGift.{{cite web |url=https://www.nordiskfilm.com/about |title = About {{!}} Nordisk Film}}
Through the Nordisk Film Foundation, Nordisk Film develops danish acting talents with travel scholarships of DKK 10,000 (Lille Isbjørn) or DKK 25,000 (Store Isbjørn).{{cite web | url=https://www.nordiskfilm.com/store-isbjorn-and-lille-isbjorn | title=Our study grants:Store Isbjørn & Lille Isbjørn | publisher=Nordisk Film | website=nordiskfilm.com | date=2024 | access-date=3 August 2024}} As of 2024, the Nordisk Film Foundation stated an annual budget of DKK 7 million for the development of the Danish film industry though scholarships, project grants and awards.{{cite web | url=https://www.nordiskfilm.com/nordisk-film-fonden | title=Empowering film talents | publisher=Nordisk Film | website=nordiskfilm.com | date=2024 | access-date=3 August 2024}}
Business areas
=Nordisk Film Production=
Nordisk Film Production focuses primarily on the Scandinavian market but produces feature films, animation films, short films, TV series, and TV documentaries for both the Scandinavian and international market. They have a hand in roughly 15 productions per year, spanning a range of formats and genres. Nordisk Film Production {{cite web|title=Nordisk Film Production|url=http://www.nordiskfilm.com/int/Business-Areas/Nordisk-Film-Production/|website=www.nordiskfilm.com|access-date=27 October 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190430201658/https://www.nordiskfilm.com/int/Business-Areas/Nordisk-Film-Production/|archive-date=30 April 2019|url-status=dead}}
In October 2009, Nordisk sold its TV production unit to the Banijay Group.{{Cite web|date=2009-10-12|title=Banijay acquires Nordisk Film's TV arm|url=https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/banijay-acquires-nordisk-films-tv-89927|access-date=2021-02-10|website=The Hollywood Reporter|language=en}}
=Nordisk Film Distribution=
Nordisk Film Distribution handles and distributes the rights to its own productions, a number of local films as well as independent productions. Nordisk Film also partners with international film studios for distribution in Scandinavia. {{cite web |url=https://www.nordiskfilm.com/business-areas-0/nordisk-film-distribution |title = Nordisk Film Distribution {{!}} Nordisk Film}}
=Nordisk Film Interactive=
Nordisk Film Interactive has exclusive distribution rights to Sony PlayStation products in the Nordic countries, and is thereby responsible for a substantial business area in Nordisk Film.{{cite web|title=PlayStation|url=http://www.nordiskfilm.com/int/Business-Areas/Games/|website=www.nordiskfilm.com|access-date=27 October 2016|archive-date=27 October 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161027193509/http://www.nordiskfilm.com/int/Business-Areas/Games/|url-status=dead}}
=Nordisk Film Cinemas=
Nordisk Film Cinemas is a cinema chain in Denmark, Sweden and Norway, screening for approximately ten million cinema guests per year.{{cite web |url=https://www.nordiskfilm.com/nordisk-film-cinemas |title = Nordisk Film Cinemas {{!}} Nordisk Film}} The company also offers two online platforms - kino.dk and filmweb.no (only available in danish) - where the customer can watch, review and discuss current films.
=Nordisk Games=
Nordisk Games is an investor in and owner of several European game studios. Nordisk Games has invested in nine game companies since its foundation in 2016: Avalanche Studios Group, Supermassive Games, Flashbulb Games, MercurySteam, Multiverse, Star Stable Entertainment, Nitro Games, Raw Fury, and Reto-Moto, whereof the two ladder companies have been sold.{{cite web |url=https://www.nordiskfilmgames.com/ |title = Nordisk Games}}{{cite web |url=https://www.nordiskfilm.com/business-areas-0/nordisk-film-games |title = Nordisk Games {{!}} Nordisk Film}}
In May 2018, it was announced that Nordisk Games had acquired all of Avalanche Studios.{{cite web |url=https://www.nordiskfilm.com/int/Press/News/Nordisk-Film-Acquires-Avalanche-Studios/ |date=30 May 2018 |access-date=30 May 2018 |website=Nordisk Film |title=Nordisk Film Acquires Avalanche Studios}}
In November 2021, it acquired the majority stake in the company of Star Stable Online.{{Cite web |last=Dealessandri |first=Marie |date=2021-11-19 |title=Nordisk Games takes majority stake in Star Stable |url=https://www.gamesindustry.biz/nordisk-games-takes-majority-stake-in-star-stable |access-date=2025-05-25 |website=GamesIndustry.biz |language=en}}
In July 2022, Nordisk Games acquired all of Supermassive Games{{Cite web|url=https://www.supermassivegames.com/news/nordisk_games_news |title = Nordisk Games News |website=supermassivegames.com | language=en}}
In April 2023, the Founder of Nordisk Games, Mikkel Weider, exits as CEO.{{Cite web|url=https://www.gamesindustry.biz/nordisk-games-ceo-mikkel-weider-exits-after-seven-years |title = Nordisk Games CEO exits |website=gamesindustry.biz | language=en}}
Selected feature films
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- The Crow (2024; distribution in Scandinavia only){{cite web |url=https://bloody-disgusting.com/movie/3718804/the-crow-reboot-taking-flight-with-several-big-deals-made-for-international-rights/ |title='The Crow' Reboot Taking Flight With Several Big Deals Made for International Rights |website=Bloody Disgusting |first=John |last=Squires |date=June 10, 2022 |access-date=August 12, 2022}}{{cite web |url=https://www.screendaily.com/news/filmnation-sells-out-on-the-crow-reboot-in-cannes-exclusive/5171567.article |title=FilmNation sells out on 'The Crow' reboot in Cannes (exclusive) |website=ScreenDaily |last=Kay |first=Jeremy |date=June 10, 2022 |access-date=August 12, 2022}}
- Sisu (2022; distribution in Scandinavia only; internationally distributed by Sony Pictures Worldwide Acquisitions){{cite web|url=https://www.screendaily.com/news/sony-boards-jalmari-helanders-second-world-war-title-immortal/5160481.article|title=Sony boards Jalmari Helander's Second World War title 'Immortal'|first=Wendy|last=Mitchell|work=Screendaily|date=2021-06-14|access-date=2022-08-04}}
- Dog (2022; Danish distribution only; produced by Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer and FilmNation Entertainment)
- The Tunnel (2019)
- Midsommar (2019; co-production and distribution in Scandinavia)
- Before the Frost (2019)
- Checkered Ninja (2018)
- ''Animals United (2016)
- A War (2015) - nominated for Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film
- Key House Mirror (2015)
- A War (2015)
- April 9th (2015)
- Testament of Youth (2015)
- When Animals Dream (2014)
- Speed Walking (2014)
- Sorrow and Joy (2013)
- Nordvest (2013)
- Kon-Tiki (2013)
- A Royal Affair'' (2012) - nominated for Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film
- A Hijacking (2012)
- The Reunion (2011)
- A Funny Man (2011)
- Ronal the Barbarian (2011)
- In a Better World (2010) - Won Academy Award for Best International Feature Film
- R (2010)
- Ploddy the Police Car Makes a Splash (2009)
- Rejsen til Saturn (2008)
- Kurt Turns Evil (2008)
- Jungledyret Hugo 3: Fræk, flabet, og fri (2007)
- Quest for a Heart (2007)
- After the Wedding 2006 - nominated for Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film
- Terkel in Trouble (2004)
- Help! I'm a Fish (2000)
- Hard Rain (1998; co-production and distribution in Scandinavia)
- Barbara (1997 film)
- Jungledyret Hugo 2: Den store filmhelt (1996)
- Jungledyret Hugo (1993)
- Fuglekrigen i Kanøfleskoven (1990)
- Waltzing Regitze (1989) - nominated for Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film
- Babette's Feast (1987) - Won Academy Award for Best International Feature Film
- Kispus (1956) - first Danish feature movie in color
- Qivitoq - Fjeldgængeren (1956) - nominated for Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film
- Adam and Eve (1953)
- Ditte, Child of Man (1946) - listed in Denmark's cultural canonChristian Monggaard, [http://kulturkanon.kum.dk/film/ditte_menneskebarn/ Ukuelig Optimist] {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20101205023037/http://kulturkanon.kum.dk/film/ditte_menneskebarn/ |date=December 5, 2010 }}, Kultur Kanon, Kultur Ministeriet retrieved 22-06-2010.
- Præsidenten (1919)
- Atlantis (1913)
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TV series
- The Team (2015){{cite web|title=Film Production|url=http://www.nordiskfilm.com/int/Business-Areas/Nordisk-Film-Production/|website=www.nordiskfilm.com|access-date=31 October 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190430201658/https://www.nordiskfilm.com/int/Business-Areas/Nordisk-Film-Production/|archive-date=30 April 2019|url-status=dead}}
- Första Kärleken (1992)
- BECK (1997–2015)
- Arne Dahl (co-pro) (2015)
- Jungledyret Hugo (2002–2003)
- The Fairytaler (2002–2003)
- Fenris (2022){{cite web |url=https://www.rottentomatoes.com/tv/fenris |title=Fenris |website=Rotten Tomatoes |access-date=12 September 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230902030717/https://www.rottentomatoes.com/tv/fenris/s01 |url-status=live |archive-date=2 September 2023 }}
References
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External links
{{Commons category}}
- {{Official website|http://www.nordiskfilm.com/}}
- {{DNFc|143605}}
{{Avalanche Studios}}
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Category:Companies based in Copenhagen Municipality
Category:Danish companies established in 1906
Category:1906 establishments in Denmark
Category:Film production companies of Denmark
Category:Mass media companies based in Copenhagen
Category:Mass media companies established in 1906